stridulous
Americanadjective
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Also stridulant. making or having a harsh or grating sound.
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Pathology. pertaining to or characterized by stridor.
adjective
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making a harsh, shrill, or grating noise
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pathol of, relating to, or characterized by stridor
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Etymology
Origin of stridulous
1605–15; < Latin strīdulus, equivalent to strīd- ( see strident) + -ulus -ulous
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At the farthest extremity of stridulous sell, or repetition and saturation, stands Ted Bates Chairman Reeves, author of a controversial and wide-selling book, Reality in Advertising.
From Time Magazine Archive
“He was quite like his old self before he left——” “Thanks to Miss Percy,” broke in a stridulous voice.
From The Gorgeous Isle A Romance; Scene: Nevis, B.W.I. 1842 by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
"Brother Silas speaks well," said Sister Parsons, with stridulous fluency.
From By Shore and Sedge by Bret Harte
Now, at ten am, the whole mass is at furnace heat, kettles boiling, stewpots simmering, and frying-pans hissing—in short, a complete batterie de cuisine in stridulous activity.
From The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa by Mayne Reid
Often this recurs throughout all the burst of crying which follows, and each inspiration is accompanied by a shrill stridulous sound.
From The Nervous Child by Hector Charles Cameron
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